Sunday, May 17, 2020

IAS Exam 2020 - UPSC to announce new dates

New dates for UPSC civil services exam, commonly known as IAS Exam 2020 is expected soon as NTA and CBSE have already announced their exam dates.

The preliminary test of IAS exam was scheduled on 31st May but due to ongoing COVID crisis and lockdown, UPSC had to postpone the exam until further notice.

Since the third phase of lockdown ends now many activities have begun in cities. It is expected from UPSC to let aspirants know expected duration if not final dates.

Number of candidates in IAS Exams

Every year more than 10 lakh candidates apply for the exam but only around 50 per cent of applicants appear in the exam. In 2006, these numbers were 3 lakh 83 thousand (applicants) and 1 Lakh 95 thousand (appeared candidates), now it has increased to approx 12-13 lakhs applicants in 2020.

In the view of increasing competition, the governments (states/union) and few government universities have initiated preparation help program for candidates belonging to the weaker section of society.

Centre of exams are all across India and most of them are in cities, thus for the candidates will have to trave in masses. And, in these times, such travel from villages to cities may increase the risk of spreading the coronavirus.

Old Dates of IAS Exam 2020 (Preliminary Test)

Date of Notification: 12 February 2020

Last Date for Registration: 3 March 2020

Duration of Exa: One Day

Number of Papers: 2

The number of vacancies: 796

Cut-Off of Previous Year IAS Exams

Cut-off of unreserved categories seats of the previous year exams are as follows: